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16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. …
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)In these verses, I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his body and the trouble of his mind to insult over him, but took advantage thence to do him a mischief. He has a great deal to say against them, which he humbly offers as a reason why God should appear for him, as Ps. 25:19; Consider my enemies . 1. “They ar…
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